About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0167
  • TitleThe work of vandals
  • SummaryVandalized room with smashed furniture and debris. Caption: "THE WORK OF VANDALS: This is how the ground floor interior of the Sheepshead Bay Boys Club at 2812 E. 28th St. looked after vandals, believed by police, today continuing the search for the culprits, to be juvenile delinquents, caused an estimated $3,500 worth of damage to the two-story building, including the desecration of an American flag over the doorway. Paint was smeared over the smashed pool tables shown."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 10, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Vandalism